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You're missing the point, because what you'd need to claim is "there are no dumb backers on kickstarter." Even if kickstarter backers are smart on average, the
by pseut 13y ago
You're missing the point, because what you'd need to claim is "there are no dumb backers on kickstarter." Even if kickstarter backers are smart on average, the point of the spelling mistakes, etc., is to find only the dumb ones.
- mathattack 13y agoI've seen some research on internet scams that talk about how a lot of the point of the initial BS is to weed out the skeptical people, because that's not the target audience. Their target audience is the gullible.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoI think I got that point. But if there are ANY smart backers in the very-public Kickstarter community, then the project (should be) cancelled before any harm is done. Kickstarter is an acutely bad place to put scams of this sort, if the community effectively serves to quash them.